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Troon Whisperer said:
Pretty much confirms that Mare was slapped down because it allowed people to bypass the cash shop and also affected other game clients instead of just your own. Pretty sure the trannies will just ignore it and try again with Mare 2.0 until SE is forced to slap them down even harder.
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I also think this part is crucial, too:

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With the debanking of Steam and others over NSFW game content, this is probably a pretty legitimate fear.
 
Baguette Child said:
I also think this part is crucial, too:

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With the debanking of Steam and others over NSFW game content, this is probably a pretty legitimate fear.
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True, Yoshi-p has gone on record before saying something similar to the effect of "If you're going to post screenshots of naked Lalafells on twitter, please don't attach the SE copyright stuff" and with the recent censorship wave I bet SE are eyeing their payment processor.
 
Rich Evans Ayypologist said:
I have this sneaking suspicion that they may just be going panic-mode. For all the cope of "so it's back to SB numbers, so what? the game's not dying," that is not how corporations work. Corporations don't assume they're going to hemorrhage huge chunks of their revenue stream apropos of nothing.

I think Hiroi was originally intended to write more than just this one expansion. I wouldn't be surprised if they had started working on a skeleton written by him, only to have to abandon everything about it and never let him touch the lead writer's chair again.

All that said, yeah, much more likely is that the team is just being managed in a completely incompetent way and we're looking at a Bioware situation: the leads are completely fucking clueless and wasting time on extremely basic things because they're fundamentally unfit for the role and were phoning in all of their work. Advancing in the project without really having any clue or ability, their ineptitude having been covered for by far-more-competent peers.
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I certainly don't believe that their board and shareholders would have looked at the "45% drop for operating income YoY " stuff in the quarterly earnings call, and just nodded like "yes, to be expected." Especially not when 14 is the entire company's golden goose, and the cash cow that keeps them afloat.

I think they probably expected a slowdown, because the late-ShB/EW surge was very obviously a temporary rally that wasn't going to be sustained long term, but suspect they were expecting a minor contraction (probably a slightly intensified version of the customary drop during post-expac patches) while maintaining a direction of overall growth, or at least somewhat steady profitability.

Not crashing like an avalanche because the DT patches proved to be such a mess of post-expansion mismanagement that even the diehard complainers that care enough to complain about things have started shutting up and checking out.


TBH I think they need to start seriously evaluating the possibility of a successor MMO, if they plan to seriously stay and compete in the MMO space going forward, because i don't think 14 has life in it to last for that much longer before ending up in a slide towards the position of 11: a steady but small playerbase of committed nostalgics, and basically no growth. I strongly doubt it can last another three expansions, or whatever they were talking about having planned for, without continuing to shrink.
I just don't know if they actually have the talent to pull that new game off, though.
Dawntrail was the result of giving control over to the "new generation" of talent that they had been cultivating in junior and assisting positions since 2.0/3.0, and that was a disaster. I still want them to publicly crucify Hiroi as an apology for 7.0, but they'd still have to scrounge up a good writer from somewhere even if they have tossed him out of the writer's chair now.
Maybe if they forced the oldheads back into the trenches, they could salvage things, but then I think that's also a bad idea for a variety of reasons, not least that they can't indefinitely rely on aging talent.
So IDK if there is really any good option for them here, other than hoping that they magically find a new generation of necessary talent somewhere.
 
Now I'll be fair here for Yoshida and saying the blindsiding of payment processors hitting you would make anyone shit themselves out of pure fear. With all that being said, it really does beg the question:
How the fuck were they not ready for this???
They knew the Shadowbringers/Endwalker high wasn't going to last forever. Did they really think Xbox was going to be like another half a million players? Was opening Dynamis really that smart, even more so when you're bitching about paying the power bills in the most retarded state in the union about power? There was so much here you could've easily prevented if only you put your fucking foot down! Now we have 3 years of nothing but an ultimate, Crescent and Beastmaster to hold back the boredom, and seems like there's a new drama coming out of this game every month or even every other week.
 
There is a pet cow that my friend put me on to, they burnt up super hard and funny in one of the ultimate raiding discords, and it devolved into it coming out they had paid for their TEA carry (duh) but also that they were a modbeast gooner who wanted to 'make it big' in the scene.
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Reasons I don’t Gpose anymore and where I’ve been.1) FFXIV itself is boring as fuck. 2) mods 100% made the game and the community toxic and shitty. It creates unreal expectation, unhealthy addictions, and makes people act weird3) the(modded) Gpose community is the worst community for a game I think I’ve ever been a part of. People don’t appreciate art and actual good photography skills, they appreciate porn, and edits that furthur the realism of that porn. In this community, if you make good porn, you are top of the food chain. If you don’t, or if you just want to make normal shit, nobody gives a fuck about you. This is why I’ve lost interest in making said porn, and playing said game.4) the game is lonely. People don’t want to be your friends, they just want to goon to your character. In relation to my 3rd point, if you create good porn, ppl want to be your friends. If you don’t, no one cares about you.5) finally, life without this game is just…better. No drama, no struggling to catch up gear wise, no not feeling good enough, no depression. And since I’ve gotten this taste of freedom, I can’t ever truly come back to the game , or gposing ever again.Gg
If THESE people are leaving, I think you might be in trouble (or winning immensely). I was trying to find examples of their retardation but it has mostly all been deleted when they did not get enough attention/asspats for their ZZZ titted modbeast.
These are all low-quality screenshots of twitter posts, I do not think Josh would appreciate hosting full resolution copies of this retarded shit.
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Probably my favorite is where they have just used that mod that lets you scale models by % (Customize? I have never used it but I have an FC mate who raids with 'bighead' mode on when they have been drinking) and the Hulk obviously wanted to get a bit handsy.
 
Civillian 18 said:
If THESE people are leaving, I think you might be in trouble (or winning immensely). I was trying to find examples of their retardation but it has mostly all been deleted when they did not get enough attention/asspats for their ZZZ titted modbeast.
These are all low-quality screenshots of twitter posts, I do not think Josh would appreciate hosting full resolution copies of this retarded shit.
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So, the person complaining about the community being just porn and not appreciating photography skills is responsible for those pictures?
What? Are measurements like that now considered modest?
 
Brandy [◉''] said:
So, the person complaining about the community being just porn and not appreciating photography skills is responsible for those pictures?
What? Are measurements like that now considered modest?
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Yes, the person is complaining that they were being objectified/'gooned to' and no one wanted to interact with them beyond that. Cannot think of a single reason why that might be.
 
I just finished the ALC questline for SB on an alt. I had no recollection what it was about, but man... these 5 quests had me more invested than anything DT has on offer so far. For one because it makes very heavy use of the 1.0 cast which is always welcome and it was written so much better. I want to say that is not due to the darker theme that it had, but because everyone acted very naturally when confronted with real tragedy.

F'lhaminn is probably among the top 5 characters who just exist to suffer, jesus christ.
 
Civillian 18 said:
Yes, the person is complaining that they were being objectified/'gooned to' and no one wanted to interact with them beyond that. Cannot think of a single reason why that might be.
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>Makes (shitty) Porn
>Complains People only like their porn
>Quits making porn because people like porn

they curated their own following and community around them with their porn, and then are surprised that's the kind of people they got around them.

Truly a prime example of modbeast intelligence on display
 
If you're running FFXIV on Linux (this includes Steam Deck as well as Desktop support) and want Reshade:
I found out that for some fucking reason newer versions of Reshade don't work anymore. FFXIV doesn't have anti-cheat so obviously you'd want to install the latest working version with addons.
RESHADE_VERSION="6.4.1" RESHADE_ADDON_SUPPORT=1 ./reshade-linux.sh
Do the needful and redeem wherever your games client is located (in the Game folder, not Boot).
I recommend using this for XIVLauncher over the 'default' one intended for Linux. It has some nice additions.
 
Not your Buddy Holly said:
Civillian 18 said:
Yes, the person is complaining that they were being objectified/'gooned to' and no one wanted to interact with them beyond that. Cannot think of a single reason why that might be.
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I am slowly coming around to the idea that FFXIV needs to be put into maintenance mode like 11 and make 17 the new shiny MMO and give everything a fresh start; no more being bound by 1.0 engine limitations, no more being bound by Jenga tier coding that legitimately no one on that team knows how to do anymore (chocobo racing). It lets the developers to be allowed to stretch their creative muscles and give them a blank canvas to paint upon.
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Can agree on maintenance mode a bit chocoholic racing with buddy on weekends before raid
Lonjil said:
People will ignore it and fag sperg out until se cracks and installs an anti cheat. They will ruin the game before letting go of their futa mods
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Not your Buddy Holly said:
Now I'll be fair here for Yoshida and saying the blindsiding of payment processors hitting you would make anyone shit themselves out of pure fear. With all that being said, it really does beg the question:
How the fuck were they not ready for this???
They knew the Shadowbringers/Endwalker high wasn't going to last forever. Did they really think Xbox was going to be like another half a million players? Was opening Dynamis really that smart, even more so when you're bitching about paying the power bills in the most retarded state in the union about power? There was so much here you could've easily prevented if only you put your fucking foot down! Now we have 3 years of nothing but an ultimate, Crescent and Beastmaster to hold back the boredom, and seems like there's a new drama coming out of this game every month or even every other week.
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mare has cash mods as well some cs item her in people list make to…..level matter .qushion some shop item on mare well make into cs as welll two way store whounder what up there?

Welcome to dream of idiots form old3.0dayswhen first raid hit that how lot dream shit happin. Still keep up every 3weeks with out Drama now u every 2at this point..take bit pusher get them act.


Look but don,t touch sort deal on mod east for some lolcows.


To mister happy meal get you act tight sod slop monkey wosse is me cumpix you more slave to your discord now in joy that hell made for your safe. Take mommet repeating sameshit you did in 3.0 mister happy burger bitch math head I can see way esth your dis at ass for crypto gaming conupery that fell still working better your dum asset 14 steamer.
 
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Maid Maple Ying said:
mare has cash mods as well some cs item her in people list make to…..level matter .qushion some shop item on mare well make into cs as welll two way store whounder what up there?

Welcome to dream of idiots form old3.0dayswhen first raid hit that how lot dream shit happin. Still keep up every 3weeks with out Drama now u every 2at this point..take bit pusher get them act.


Look but don,t touch sort deal on mod east for some lolcows.


To mister happy meal get you act tight sod slop monkey wosse is me cumpix you more slave to your discord now in joy that hell made for your safe. Take mommet repeating sameshit you did in 3.0 mister happy burger bitch math head I can see way esth your dis at ass for crypto gaming conupery that fell still working better your dum asset 14 steamer.
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If someone could translate this for me, I really wish to understand those encrypted messages.
 
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